Exact T-count of the line family

Determine whether the cubic phase family \(f_n=\sum_i x_i x_{i+1}x_{i+2}\) has exact T-count \(2n+1\) for every \(n\).

Background

The isotropy floor gives $2n+1$ for the line family for n≥5n\ge5, and explicit or computationally verified constructions attain this value through n=12n=12.

The paper does not establish equality for all lengths, so the general exactness of this family remains unresolved.

References

Equality for all $n$ is open.

— Exact $T$-counts of Toffoli layers from an isotropy bound  (2610.01024 - Mazumder, 1 Oct 2026) in Appendix F, Proposition 6.1 and following discussion; Appendix K, Section 11.3